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Haruka 17
is a ''seinen'' manga by Sakuya Yamazaki which was serialized by Kodansha in ''Weekly Morning'' from 2004 to 2006. It was adapted into a live-action TV drama which aired on TV Asahi in 2005. Plot Haruka is about to graduate from a first-rate college and is looking for work, but no one wants to hire her. Faced with the prospect of becoming a "shuushoku rounin" she lowers her expectations and applies at a tiny talent agency for a job as an agent. When she shows up for the interview, it's like no interview she's ever had before. She's asked all sorts of embarrassing questions and asked to say lines in front of a camera. Later she finds out that they thought she was interviewing to become a talent, and the agent position she wanted has already been given away. However, they think she has that special quality that can make someone a star. She refuses at first but gives in. Thus starts Haruka's career in the entertainment industry.From Manga Fox TV Drama Cast * Aya Hirayama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiro Sato (actor)
is a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He grew up in Tōgō, Aichi District. He is represented with From First Production. He graduated from Shinshu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Pr ... Faculty of Economics. Filmography TV drama NHK Nippon TV Tokyo Broadcasting System Fuji Television TV Asahi TV Tokyo Wowow To-Mei-Han Net 6 LaLa TV Internet drama Films Animated films Video games Japanese dub Variety series Advertisements Screenplays TV series Films Bibliography Awards References External links * Official profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Jiro Japanese male actors Japanese screenwriters 1969 births Shinshu University alumni Living people Actors from Aichi Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Japanese Television Series Debuts
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokuma Nishioka
is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, manga and books. Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include Studio Ghibli, Daiei Film and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications. After the founder of the company, Yasuyoshi Tokuma died on September 20, 2000, an asset management occurred. Tokuma Shoten executed a corporate spin-off with Studio Ghibli, turning the company’s anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to Daiichi Kosho in October 2001, and Daiei Films was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation in November 2002. Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film. On 17 March 2017, the company was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mioko Oikawa
Mioko may refer to: *, Japanese singer-songwriter * Mioko Fujiwara *Mioko Island Mioko is a populated island in the Duke of York Islands archipelago in Papua New Guinea. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikeda Tsutomu in Osaka and Hyōgo Prefectures, Japan
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Ikeda may refer to: * Ikeda (surname), a Japanese surname * Ikeda (comics), a character in ''Usagi Yojimbo'' * Ikeda clan, a Japanese clan * Ikeda map, chaotic attractor * ''Ikeda'' (annelid) a genus of the family Ikedidae Places * Ikeda, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan * Ikeda, Fukui, Japan * Ikeda, Gifu, Japan * Ikeda, Hokkaidō, Japan * Ikeda, Kagawa, Shōzu District, Kagawa, Japan * Ikeda, Nagano, Japan * Ikeda, Tokushima, Miyoshi District, Tokushima, Japan * Lake Ikeda, Japan * Ikeda, Gunma, Japan * Ikeda Peace Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Ikeda Route The , signed as Route 11, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area in Japan. It is a radial route that travels in a south to north direction from central Osaka to Itami Airport and Ikeda, Osaka, Ikeda, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayo Aizawa
is a Japanese model and TV personality. Biography She was born in Hiroshima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... and started her modeling career after her high school graduation. She is working exclusively for the fashion magazine Classy. She has also appeared in several dramas and TV commercials. She is fluent in five languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Mongolian and English. At the age of 19, Sayo left her village, pursuing her goal to be a model. ReferencesOfficial Site 1978 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sho Tomita
is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Toki Entertainment. He played the role of Yukito Sanjyo (Abare Blue) in the 2003 Super Sentai TV series ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger''. Biography In 2002, Tomita debuted in the television drama ''Gokusen''. In 2003, he appeared in ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger'' as Yukito Sanjyo/Abare Blue. In 2005, Tomita was scheduled to appear in the television drama ''Kyōtochiken'noon'na 2 dai 2 Series'', but he was knocked due to illness. He left Production Oki, and later started an official Ameba blog from June 2008. In July of the same year, Tomita was later scheduled for the stage play ''Double Booking!''. In 2011, he played Yukito Sanjyo in the 29th episode of ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...'' he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawa Suzuki
, Tower Records (October 24, 2013) better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress represented by the talent agency Horipro. Biography After dropping out of Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College, Suzuki became a research student at Bungakuza. In 1994, after her institute graduation, she starred in her debut film, ''Ai no Shinsekai,'' alongside Reiko Kataoka. The film's director, Kinema Junpo, won the 37th Blue Ribbon Rookie Award and the Sponichi Newcomer Award in the Grand Prix of the Mainichi Film Award. Suzuki married actor Sumihiro Yoshikawa on October 5, 2011, but they divorced in August 2015. In 2012, she released her first essay, ''Joyū Geki-ba'', from Wanibooks. PRESIDENT Online Filmography TV series NHK Nippon TV Tokyo Broadcasting System Fuji Television TV Asahi TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Kurachi
Eri may refer to: People * Eri (biblical figure) * Eri (given name), a Japanese feminine given name, including lists of people and fictional characters * Eri (king), the progenitor of the Umu-Eri and Umu-Nri-Igbo ancient Nigerian city-states * Eri D. Woodbury (1837–1928), Union Army officer during the American Civil War * Eri Marina Yo (born 1987), Indonesian inline speed skater * Chiemi Eri (1937–1982), Japanese singer and actress * Vincent Eri (1936–1993), Governor General of Papua New Guinea Other uses * Eri silk, a type of silk * Eri-TV, an Eritrean television network * Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo * Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, a hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland * Eldorado Resorts, an American gaming company * Electrical resistivity imaging * Empowerment and Rights Institute, a Chinese human rights organization * Energy and Resources Institute, an Indian research institute * Eridanus (constellation) * Erie International Airport in Pennsylvania, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitomi Takahashi (actress)
is a Japanese actress. Selected filmography Film * '' Fruits of Passion'' (1981) * ''Double Bed'' (1983, Nikkatsu) * '' Farewell to the Ark'' (1984) * ''It's a Summer Vacation Everyday'' (1994) * '' Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996) * '' Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'' (2001) * ''Honey and Clover'' (2008) * ''Aristocrats'' (2021) * ''The End of the Pale Hour'' (2022) *''Shikake-nin Fujieda Baian 2'' (2023) TV * ''Fuzoroi no ringotachi'' (ふぞろいの林檎たち Odd Apples) (1983, 1985, 1991, 1997) * ''Hanekonma ''Hanekonma'' (はね駒) is a 1986 Japanese television serial, the 36th NHK ''asadora'' drama. Written by Koharu Terauchi, it was inspired by the life of Haruko Isomura (1877-1918), a pioneer female newspaper reporter of the Meiji and Taishō ...'' (1986) References External links *JMDb profile (in Japanese) Japanese actresses 1961 births Living people {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guts Ishimatsu
, better known as is a Japanese actor, comedian, tarento and former professional boxer who competed in the Lightweight division from 1966 to 1978. He is a one-time former WBC Lightweight Champion and an OPBF Lightweight Champion. As a boxer, he was known for his unpredictable style, sometimes marking completely unexpected victories, and often losing in extravagant fashion as well. He lost 14 of his 51 professional fights, a rather large number of losses for a world champion. Since retiring in the late 70’s, he has gained popularity as an entertainer. He often appears as a foolish ''boke'' character on television, but this is an act he puts on for media purposes. As a boxing commentator, he offers precise, intelligent commentary based on his own experiences in the ring. Early life Born Yuji Suzuki in Awano, Tochigi Prefecture (now incorporated into Kanuma) in 1949, he originally intended to be a physical education teacher, but his family’s financial circumstances pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
